Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼♀🎶🥾
@cepaea.bsky.social
Professor Emerit at UC Davis. Researches in the history & philosophy of biology and environmental ethics. https://www.RLM.net/
New open-access book w/ U Chicago Press: _The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_
New open-access book w/ U Chicago Press: _The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_
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The Land Is Our Community
A contemporary defense of conservationist Aldo Leopold’s vision for human interaction with the environment. Informed by his experiences as a hunter, forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservati...
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Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_, available for purchase or free #OpenAccess download from UChicago Press.
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Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_, available for purchase or free #OpenAccess download from UChicago Press.
🌱🐋 🌎 #EnvHist #EnvHums
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Wow, this will be a huge blow against antisemitism!
So glad that "Northwestern can be Northwestern" and immediately cancel all gender affirming care and authorize snitches to tell the Feds if anyone alludes to DEI in any hiring or admissions process
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Wow, this will be a huge blow against antisemitism!
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NO LGBTQ+ or BIPOC or women's focused groups should have Northwestern as a sponsor or hold their events at any of their facilities ever again. cc @danielbiss.bsky.social They have fucked your city over.
I didn’t want to overreact, and took time to read this. Having done so, I’m adding Northwestern to the list of places I won’t visit or speak. The concessions re: international students and gender-affirming care are not merely symbolic.
Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
NO LGBTQ+ or BIPOC or women's focused groups should have Northwestern as a sponsor or hold their events at any of their facilities ever again. cc @danielbiss.bsky.social They have fucked your city over.
Shameful. And like other capitulations to the Trump bully, it will just lead to more demands for more capitulation. It will all be for nothing.
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Shameful. And like other capitulations to the Trump bully, it will just lead to more demands for more capitulation. It will all be for nothing.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
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“They’re terrified. It’s insane,” Shawn VanDiver, president of a group that helps resettle Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the two-decade war, said. “People are acting xenophobic because of one deranged man. He doesn’t represent all Afghans. He represents himself.” https://to.pbs.org/4paRSMD
Refugee groups worry about backlash after National Guard shooting
People who work with refugees are worried that those who fled dangerous situations to start again in America will face backlash after authorities say an Afghan national shot two National Guard soldier...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“They’re terrified. It’s insane,” Shawn VanDiver, president of a group that helps resettle Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the two-decade war, said. “People are acting xenophobic because of one deranged man. He doesn’t represent all Afghans. He represents himself.” https://to.pbs.org/4paRSMD
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There was a long long time when many many powerful people refused to stand up to Joe McCarthy. And then McCarthy got weak, and people found their spines.
People finding their spines is always good news, not least because it's a sign of Trump's weakness.
People finding their spines is always good news, not least because it's a sign of Trump's weakness.
A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There was a long long time when many many powerful people refused to stand up to Joe McCarthy. And then McCarthy got weak, and people found their spines.
People finding their spines is always good news, not least because it's a sign of Trump's weakness.
People finding their spines is always good news, not least because it's a sign of Trump's weakness.
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This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
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NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Donald Trump and his administration are doing all they can to spin the rising price of consumer goods. Americans aren't buying it.
Thanksgiving Is Cheaper This Year … If You Just Eat Less
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Donald Trump and his administration are doing all they can to spin the rising price of consumer goods. Americans aren't buying it.
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What “conflict?” Do you mean to speak of the extortion letter sent to universities and the cowardly leadership in place? Why does something so egregiously a breech of protocol and likely illegal deserve to be treated as a “deal” to be resolved?
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What “conflict?” Do you mean to speak of the extortion letter sent to universities and the cowardly leadership in place? Why does something so egregiously a breech of protocol and likely illegal deserve to be treated as a “deal” to be resolved?
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEW: By trying to stop a voter-led referendum, Missouri’s GOP is testing whether politicians can insulate their gerrymander from public judgment altogether. The outcome could reshape how, and whether, voters can check partisan power.
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Federal Court Hears ‘Unprecedented’ GOP Bid to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Gerrymander
Read more here.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: By trying to stop a voter-led referendum, Missouri’s GOP is testing whether politicians can insulate their gerrymander from public judgment altogether. The outcome could reshape how, and whether, voters can check partisan power.
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The shutdown, the Epstein files, and his unhinged attacks on decorated heroes whom he wants to see hanged for treason didn’t help.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The shutdown, the Epstein files, and his unhinged attacks on decorated heroes whom he wants to see hanged for treason didn’t help.
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This was an avoidable tragedy. There will be so many more with anti-vaxxers now in charge of our healthcare policy.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This was an avoidable tragedy. There will be so many more with anti-vaxxers now in charge of our healthcare policy.
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BREAKING🚨🚨🚨: Prosecutor drops criminal case against Trump & allies over alleged scheme to steal 2020 election in Georgia. Says it would consume too many resources & Trump couldn't be tried until 2029 or later. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
GATrumpCaseDropped112625
www.documentcloud.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING🚨🚨🚨: Prosecutor drops criminal case against Trump & allies over alleged scheme to steal 2020 election in Georgia. Says it would consume too many resources & Trump couldn't be tried until 2029 or later. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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BREAKING: The case against Donald Trump in Georgia is officially dead.
The prosecutor who took it over recently has moved to drop it – and Judge McAfee has granted the motion.
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The prosecutor who took it over recently has moved to drop it – and Judge McAfee has granted the motion.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BREAKING: The case against Donald Trump in Georgia is officially dead.
The prosecutor who took it over recently has moved to drop it – and Judge McAfee has granted the motion.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The prosecutor who took it over recently has moved to drop it – and Judge McAfee has granted the motion.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Affordability is a malleable thing. Kathy Hochul is using it to justify natural gas pipeline infrastructure. As a trade-off for getting Empire Wind built offshore, you can maybe understand it. But @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social & James Baratta report that it's also a handoff to data centers.
Big Tech’s Big New York Gas Pipeline - The American Prospect
Gov. Kathy Hochul justified a $1 billion natural gas project by appealing to affordability. But the main reason the state needs the energy is because data centers are hogging it.
prospect.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Affordability is a malleable thing. Kathy Hochul is using it to justify natural gas pipeline infrastructure. As a trade-off for getting Empire Wind built offshore, you can maybe understand it. But @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social & James Baratta report that it's also a handoff to data centers.
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Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...